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Watch the world · BACKROUTE
What is publicly reported, and where.
BACKROUTE draws surveillance equipment from three kinds of source: records that councils and transport authorities publish under open licences, reports that people make on OpenStreetMap, and cameras that visitors report to us. Each point keeps its source, its licence and its date, so you can see where it came from.
The published records
- Published records
- 7,298
- Publishers
- 20
- Snapshot taken
- 27 October 2026
Placed on the map from open datasets, each with its own credit.
Councils, transport authorities and public bodies that publish the records above.
The publishers' records are read again when the snapshot is refreshed, not on each visit.
Three kinds of record
Each kind is labelled on the map, and each carries its own caveat.
Published by a council or authority
Location as published by the source. The publisher may have changed or removed it since, and operation is not verified.
Reported on OpenStreetMap
Reported location. Type, operator and operation status are not independently verified.
Reported by a visitor
Reported by a visitor and checked before it was shown. The location is not verified, and nothing says the camera is working.
Who published what
Every published source, its licence and the credit it asks for.
Durham County Council
CCTV camera locations (Durham County Council)
Source: Durham County Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Excludes covert and re-deployable cameras, schools and colleges. The CSV is the 2022 release.
City of Washington, DC
Closed Circuit TV Street Cameras (District of Columbia)
Source: City of Washington, DC. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
The District publishes these locations as they are, so the list may not include every camera.
Baltimore City (CitiWatch)
CitiWatch Camera Locations (Baltimore)
Source: Baltimore City (CitiWatch). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0).
Nottingham City Council
CCTV Cameras (Nottingham City Council)
Source: Nottingham City Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Includes traffic control cameras that publish images about every two minutes.
Leicester City Council
CCTV Cameras (Leicester City Council)
Source: Leicester City Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Traffic: Madrid Low Emission Zone (ZBE). Cameras with OCR plate readers
Source: Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Coordinates are UTM zone 30N (ETRS89), converted on ingest. Rows are devices, so one site can appear more than once.
Glasgow City Council
CCTV locations (Glasgow City Council)
Source: Glasgow City Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the One Scotland Mapping Agreement. Crown copyright and database right 2022. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100023379.
Cameras with a recorded removal date are left out.
District Department of Transportation (DC GIS)
Automated Safety Cameras (Washington, DC)
Source: District Department of Transportation (DC GIS). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Traffic enforcement cameras (speed, red light, stop sign, bus lane and others), not general CCTV.
Gemeente Utrecht
Cameraregister Utrecht
Source: Gemeente Utrecht. Published under CC0 1.0. Credit is a courtesy, not a requirement.
The register dates from 2022. Only cameras the municipality owns are kept; private and other owners in the register are left out. Some rows are traffic cameras and some are enforcement cameras, marked on the point.
City and County of Denver (geospatialDENVER)
Police HALO Cameras (Denver)
Source: City and County of Denver (geospatialDENVER). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0).
The item licence is a use-constraints disclaimer. The CC BY 3.0 grant is stated at catalogue level; confirm it covers this layer.
Dublin City Council (Smart Dublin)
Traffic Poles with CCTV (Dublin City Council)
Source: Dublin City Council (Smart Dublin). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
The publisher page does not state the CC BY version. 4.0 comes from the EU catalogue record.
City of York Council
CCTV Cameras (City of York)
Source: City of York Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Sheffield City Council
CCTV and traffic cameras (Sheffield City Council)
Source: Sheffield City Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.
Council CCTV and traffic cameras share one layer. Traffic cameras are marked in the note.
Trafford Council
Trafford Council CCTV cameras
Source: Trafford Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Iowa Department of Transportation
Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) Application Locations in Iowa
Source: Iowa Department of Transportation. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Iowa DOT GIS Data Terms of Use also apply and were not read. Confirm them before a commercial launch.
Plymouth City Council
CCTV cameras (Plymouth City Council)
Source: Plymouth City Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The publisher states the information is current as of 2016.
City of New Orleans Department of Public Works
Traffic Camera (New Orleans)
Source: City of New Orleans Department of Public Works. Published under CC0 1.0. Credit is a courtesy, not a requirement.
The city says the map service is being updated and may not match current locations. Enforcement cameras, not ALPR or general CCTV.
Ville de Meudon
Cameras de videoprotection a Meudon
Source: Ville de Meudon. Licensed under Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Last modified 2022-03-17.
Municipio de Lisboa
Sistema de Videovigilancia Bairro Alto (Lisbon)
Source: Municipio de Lisboa. Published under CC0 1.0. Credit is a courtesy, not a requirement.
One neighbourhood only.
City and County of Denver (geospatialDENVER)
Denver Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR)
Source: City and County of Denver (geospatialDENVER). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0).
The item licence is a use-constraints disclaimer. The CC BY 3.0 grant is stated at catalogue level; confirm it covers this layer.
Read it carefully
What the layer does not show.
This layer shows publicly reported surveillance infrastructure. It is not a complete or real-time inventory.
- A published location can have changed or been removed since it was published.
- Nothing here says a camera is switched on, is recording, or can see any particular place.
- Nothing here is a live feed, a number-plate read, a face match, or a route that avoids equipment.
- No publicly reported features returned for this view. This does not indicate an absence of surveillance.